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Old 21-06-2008, 07:54 PM
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Default gut impaction, not for the faint hearted

hey guys, just been having a nosey on the lizard section and freekygeeky has posted a link about a small uro lizard that has died of gut impaction after being kept on bark, even though the owner didnt use bark for 7 months. the necropsy pictures are very graphic and NOT for the squeamish. And i know that a lizard isnt a tortoise but as substrate is a regularly debated subject, i thought it valid regardless of the species difference. make sure you read the full details so as to get a proper understanding about the size of the animal, in comparrison to the impaction. an awfull lot of us have tortoises that are a similar weight.
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the link is of pics of a gecko, not a uro, but still. goes to show how long it can take for impactation can kill, even after a few months of indigestion
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so sad to see, but so very informative
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the link is of pics of a gecko, not a uro
uro - Uroplatus henkeli



its a leaf tailed gecko - Uroplatushenkeli
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ooooooh, i was thinking uromastyx lol
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